Gas-producer.



No. 819,075. PATENTED MAY l, 1906. C. H. MORGAN. GAS PRODUCER.APPLIOATION FILED JUNE a. 1904,

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

@Vle Hrgcm Inwemlcor Eh C. H. MORGAN. GAS PRODUCER.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 3, 1904.

PATENTBD MAY 1, 1906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1, 1906.

Application filed June 3, 1904. Serial No. 210.960.

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. MORGAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at 1V orcester, in the county of Vorcester and Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement inGas-Producers, of which the following is a specification, accompanied bydrawings forming a part of the same, in which* Figure 1 .represents atop view of a gas-producer embodying my invention. F ig. 2 is a centralvertical sectional view of the upper end of the gas-producer, saidsection being shown online 2 2, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of thearrow a. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the rotating coal-distributer.Fig. 4 is a central verticalsectional view through the gas-producer,said section being taken on line 4 1, Fig. 1, looking in the directionof the arrow b; and Fig. 5 is a top and detached view of the rotatingcoal-distributer.

Similar reference-figures refer to similar parts in the different views.

My present invention relates particularly to a device for accomplishingthe uniform distribution of coal in that class of gas-producers, knownas suction or downdraft" producers, provided with a concentric twyer atthe upper end of the gas-producer chamber; and it consists in providinga rotating blade journaled within the gas-producer chamber andconcentric thereto and arranged to sweep past the mouth of afuel-opening, whereby the fuel accumulating beneath said mouth isdistributed around the producer, causing the upper surface of the massof fuel to be leveled.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, l denotes a combustion orgas-producer chamber having' side walls 2 and a cover 3, consisting of ametal plate provided at its center with a depending tube 4, forming atwyer, through which air is admitted to the chamber 1.

5 is a manhole having a cover 6, and 7 is an opening through the coverfor the admission of coal, preferably communicating with a hopper tofacilitate the admission of coal.

Journaled on the twyer 4 is a sleeve 8, having at its upper end acircular cup-shaped flange S), provided with an internal gear 10, whichis engaged by a pinion 11, carried .on the lower end of a vertical shaft12, to which rotary motion is imparted in any suitable manner, in thepresent instance by means of a scored pulley 13. Projecting horizontallyand preferably tangentially from one side of the cupshaped flange 9 is aV-shaped blade 14, with its advancing side presenting a beveled surface15 as the blade is rotated in the direction of the arrow 16. At eachrevolution of the blade 14 it is carried past the mouth of the opening7, so that as the chamber 1 fills with coal any accumulation of coaldirectly beneath the opening 7 will lie in the path of the rotatingblade 14 and be pushed in front of the blade until it falls by gravityinto any depression in the mass of coal, thereby maintaining a levelsurface, while the beveled surface 15 would impart a downward pressureto the mass of coal in the producen chamber tending to firmly compactthe mass and lill up the interstices in the body of coal which may havebeen formed by the delivery of coal through the opening 7.

I do not confine myself to any details of construction of the rotatingsleeve S and blade 14, but, as represented in the drawings, I supportthe sleeve S upon an annular collar 17, detachably connected in anysuitable manner to the lower end of the twyer 4 and preferably providedat itsupper surface with an annular track for a series of friction-balls18. The blade 14 may be rotated by any of the known devices now employedin gas-producers for imparting a rotary motion to a coal distributer,said rotary motion being either continuous or intermittent, as may bedeemed desirable.

l/Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. In a gas-producer, the combination with a gas-producing chamber, of acover for said chamber, a rotating member journaled beneath said cover,an opening in said cover for the admission of .fuel eccentric to theaxis of said member, a scrapingblade projecting from the top of saidrotatingmember, whereby the top of the fuel in said chamber is leveled.

2. In a gas-producer, the combination with a gas-producing chamber, of acover for said chamber, a rotating member journaled beneath said cover,an opening' in said cover for the admission of fuel eccentric to theaxis of said member, a scraping blade projecting tangentially from thetop ofsaid rotating member, whereby the top of the fuel in said chamberis leveled.

3. In a gas-producer, the combination with a gas-producing chamber, of acover for said chamber, a rotating member liournaled beneath said cover,an opening in said cover for IOO IIO

the admission of fuel eccentric to the axis of a gas-producing chamberhaving a cover, of a said member, a scraping-blade With its advancingside beveled projecting from the top of said rotating member, wherebythe top of the fuel in said chamber is leveled.

4. In a gas-producer, the combinationwith a gas-producing chamber havingan opening for the admission of coal, of a rotating sleeve journaledconcentrically With the axis of the chamber, a tangential blade carriedby said sleeve, a cupshaped flange on said sleeve, having an internalgear, a pinion inclosed in said ilange and engaging said gear, and meansfor rotating said pinion.

5. In a gas-producer, the combination with twyer depending from saidcover concentrically to the axis of said chamber, an opening throughsaid cover eccentric to the axis of said chamber, a sleeve journaled onsaid tWyer, means for rotating said sleeve, a blade carried by saidsleeve and projecting beneath said opening, said blade having itsadvancing side tangential to said sleeve.

Dated this 27th day of May, 1904.

cHAsf H. MORGAN.

Witnesses:

WILLARD A. WINN, EDWIN L. SMITH.

